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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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