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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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