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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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