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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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