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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning enable students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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