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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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