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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major 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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