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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important 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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