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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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