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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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