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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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