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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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