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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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