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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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