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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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