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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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