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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major 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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