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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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