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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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