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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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