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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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