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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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