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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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