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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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