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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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