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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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