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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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