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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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