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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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