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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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