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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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