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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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