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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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