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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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