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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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