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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the 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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