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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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