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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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