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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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