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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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