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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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