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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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