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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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