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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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