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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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