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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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