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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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