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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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