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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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