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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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