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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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