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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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