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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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