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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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