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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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