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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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