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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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