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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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