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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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