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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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