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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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