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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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