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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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