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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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