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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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