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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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