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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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