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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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