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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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