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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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