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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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