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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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