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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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