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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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