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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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