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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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