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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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