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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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