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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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