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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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