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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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