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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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