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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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