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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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