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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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