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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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