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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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