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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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