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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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