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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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