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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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