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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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