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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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