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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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