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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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