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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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