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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major 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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