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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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