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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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