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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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