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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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