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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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