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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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