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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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