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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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