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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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