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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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