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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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