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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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