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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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