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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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