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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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