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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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