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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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