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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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