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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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