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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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