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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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