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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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