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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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