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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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