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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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