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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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