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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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