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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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