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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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