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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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