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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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