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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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