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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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