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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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