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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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