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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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