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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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