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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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