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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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