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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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