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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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