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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses 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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