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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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