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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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