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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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