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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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