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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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