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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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