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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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