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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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