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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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