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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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