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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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