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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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