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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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