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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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