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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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