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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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