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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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