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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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