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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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