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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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