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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 massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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