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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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