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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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