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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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