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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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