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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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