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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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