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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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