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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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