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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. 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 mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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