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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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