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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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