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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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