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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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