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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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