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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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