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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs 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 deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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