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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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