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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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