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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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