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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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