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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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