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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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