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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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