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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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