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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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