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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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