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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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