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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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