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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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