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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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