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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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