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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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