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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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