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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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