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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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