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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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