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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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