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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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