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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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