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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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