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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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