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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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