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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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