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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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