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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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