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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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