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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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