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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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