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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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