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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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