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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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