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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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