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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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