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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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