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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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