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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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