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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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