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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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