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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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