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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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