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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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