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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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