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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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