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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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