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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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