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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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