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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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