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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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