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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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