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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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