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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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