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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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