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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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