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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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