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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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