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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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