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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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