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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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