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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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