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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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