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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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