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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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