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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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