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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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