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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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