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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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