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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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