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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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