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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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