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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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