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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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