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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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