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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important 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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