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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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