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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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