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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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