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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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