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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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