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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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