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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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