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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important 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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