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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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