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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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