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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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