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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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