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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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