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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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