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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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