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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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