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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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