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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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