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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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