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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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