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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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