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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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