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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not 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 subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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