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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 massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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