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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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