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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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