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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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