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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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