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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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