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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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