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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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