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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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