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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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