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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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