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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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