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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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