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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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