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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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