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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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