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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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