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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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