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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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