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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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