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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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