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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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