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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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