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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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