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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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