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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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