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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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