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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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