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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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