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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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