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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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