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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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