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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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