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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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