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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes 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 MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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