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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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