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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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