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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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