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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education enable people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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