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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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