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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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