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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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