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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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