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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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