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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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