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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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