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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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