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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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