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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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