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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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