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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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