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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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