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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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