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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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