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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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