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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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