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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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