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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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