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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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