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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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