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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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