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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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