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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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