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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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