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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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