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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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