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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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