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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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