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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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