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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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