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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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