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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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