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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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