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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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