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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth 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 MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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