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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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