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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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