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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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