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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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