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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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