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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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