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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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