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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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