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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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