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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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