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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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