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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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