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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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