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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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