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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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