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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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