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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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