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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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