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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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