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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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