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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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