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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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