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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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