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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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