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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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