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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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