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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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