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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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