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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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