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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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