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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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