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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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