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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key 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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