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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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