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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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