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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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