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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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