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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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