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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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