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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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