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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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