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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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