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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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