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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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