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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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