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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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