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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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