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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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