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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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