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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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