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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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