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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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