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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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