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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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