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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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