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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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