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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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