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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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