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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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