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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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