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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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