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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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