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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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