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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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