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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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