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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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