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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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