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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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