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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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