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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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