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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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