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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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