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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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