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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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