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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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