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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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