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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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