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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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