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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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