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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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