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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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