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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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