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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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