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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 e-learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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