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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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