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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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