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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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