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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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