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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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