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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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