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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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