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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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