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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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