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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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