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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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