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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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