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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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