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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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