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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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