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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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