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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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