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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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