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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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