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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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