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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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