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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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