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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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