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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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