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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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