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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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