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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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