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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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