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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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