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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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