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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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