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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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