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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major 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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