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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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