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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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