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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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