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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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