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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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