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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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