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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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