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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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