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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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