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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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