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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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