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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major 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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