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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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