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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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