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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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