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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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