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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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