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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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