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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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