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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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