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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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