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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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