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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily 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 many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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