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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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