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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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