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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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