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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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