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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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