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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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