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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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