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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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