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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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