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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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