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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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