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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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