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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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