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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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