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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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