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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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