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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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