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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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