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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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