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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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