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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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